Persian Gulf: Confronting environmental mismanagement
When it comes to the Persian Gulf, saving the environment might seem like it would be the last item on the to-do lists of...
MBS struggles to make Saudi Arabia a moderate state
Saudi Arabia’s combustible mix of religion, nationalism, and tradition as well as contradictions in the kingdom’s projection of itself as a driver of moderate...
Bangladesh’s PM & army chief in hot waters after Al Jazeera’s shocking revelations
Al Jazeera published a series of scandalous reports last week alleging that Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has practically surrendered control of the state...
Here’s how Biden should interact with ChinaÂ
With the new Biden administration taking office, the US-China relationship is about to turn on a new page. To the US, China used to...
Dissenting voices suffocating in ‘democratic’ India
What is happening in India today is the cumulative effect of subversion of justice where eye witnesses have turned hostile and judges have relied...
Soul searching must to revive the essence of democracy
On 14 August 1973, Pakistan was declared a constitutional democracy. On papers it is called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. while it is neither...
Biden’s impending challenges in Afghanistan
The Biden administration has many complex internal issues to address and resolve, ranging from handling the pandemic to reinvigorating the economy to uniting a...
Nuclear disarmament is wishful thinking, here’s why
Last month, nuclear abolitionists celebrated as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons-- commonly called the nuclear ban treaty-- entered into force. Though...
Analysing the legal matrix of Kashmir
On Friday, February 5, all major political parties in Pakistan held their respective rallies under the garb of ‘Kashmir Day’. Unsurprisingly, each political party...
Op-ed: Are we citizens of this country or we remain merely subjects?
My late father Nazir Ahmed Malik was born a subject of the British Empire on July 15, 1920, in Ludhiana, East Punjab. To be...
Farmers’ protest is defined not by waywardness of the few, but by spirit and resilience of the many
Delhi has never understood Punjab and does not do so even now. The Punjab I allude to is the territory that till 1966 extended...
How to materialize a US-China arms control treaty
The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) which is the last treaty to address strategic arms control is set to expire in February this...